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  • Plainfield-area parents warned after toy-microwaving trend badly burns 9-year-old

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📰 News we're reading

• TikTok trend leaves 9-year-old boy with severe burns from microwaved 'NeeDoh' toy (centralillinoisproud.com) — A 9-year-old boy first treated at a hospital near Plainfield suffered severe facial burns after microwaving a NeeDoh Nice Cube toy, a dangerous trend reportedly shared on TikTok. Loyola's Burn Center doctors say he's healing well but are warning Plainfield-area parents to watch for unsafe online challenges and keep hot items and mislabeled toys away from kids.
   

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